I'm planning a first time RTW - LONE4 starting January and I've come up with this:
MAD-GYE-EZE-SCL-IPC-xSCL-SYD-MEL-AKL-HKG-DEL-NRT-ICN-KUL-LHR-AMM-MAD

It was priced at €3600. Tried the same thing ex AMM and it was more expensive so I guess the price is ok. I'm trying to maximize miles around some of the place I want to see. Mileage Monkey says 49272 miles. I have an AirBerlin FF card but that's useless. AA seems to be best value and I'd love to visit the US next year with those collected miles. I read they don't enforce a rule for 4 AA flights to elite status. Will I get away with 0? Also can I credit miles and earn status on the way or only after I complete the whole trip? Any suggestions or tweaks to the itinerary would be helpful. Thanks.